Pelseneer Island is an island

Island

An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, cays or keys. An island in a river or lake may be called an eyot , or holm...

 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) long and 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) wide, with three prominent rocky peaks projecting through its icecap, lying 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) northeast of O'Neal Point

O'Neal Point

O'Neal Point is a point on the east side of Arctowski Peninsula, Danco Coast. The point stands between the entrances of Beaupre Cove and Piccard Cove in Wilhelmina Bay and lies 2 nautical miles west of Pelseneer Island. Named after James D. O'Neal, cartographer, Special Maps Branch, U.S...

 and 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west of Brooklyn Island

Brooklyn Island

Brooklyn Island is an island long, lying south of Nansen Island in the eastern part of Wilhelmina Bay, off the west coast of Graham Land. It was discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Gerlache, 1897–99, and named after Brooklyn, New York, the home of Dr. Frederick A. Cook, American...

 in the south-central portion of Wilhelmina Bay

Wilhelmina Bay

Wilhelmina Bay is a bay wide between the Reclus Peninsula and Cape Anna along the west coast of Graham Land. It was discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897–99, under Adrien de Gerlache, and named for Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands....

, off the west coast of Graham Land

Graham Land

Graham Land is that portion of the Antarctic Peninsula which lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This description of Graham Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee and the US Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, in...

. Discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition

Belgian Antarctic Expedition

The Belgian Antarctic Expedition of 1897 to 1899, named after its expedition vessel Belgica, was the first expedition to winter in the Antarctic region.- Preparation and Surveying :...

, 1897–99, and named by Gerlache for P. Pelseneer, member of the Belgica Commission and writer of some of the zoological reports of the expedition.